Pete Best
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1st Movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto as performed by cellist Jacqueline Du Pre with Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic in 1967. 🎶🎧🗃️
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgd...
ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO, JACQUELINE DU PRE
YouTube video by Allan Marshall
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December 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
1st Movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto as performed by cellist Jacqueline Du Pre with Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic in 1967. 🎶🎧🗃️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgd...
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Looks unlikely his TalkTV v friendly chinwag with Sun's editor-at-large will be "career defining" for Mr Tomlinson.
Though he's shown "ban Jews, Hindus, Sikhs & Muslims" from the civil service & parliament + all black/Asian people who aren't of mixed heritage, seems a legit view to TalkTV & Mr Cole
Though he's shown "ban Jews, Hindus, Sikhs & Muslims" from the civil service & parliament + all black/Asian people who aren't of mixed heritage, seems a legit view to TalkTV & Mr Cole
December 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Looks unlikely his TalkTV v friendly chinwag with Sun's editor-at-large will be "career defining" for Mr Tomlinson.
Though he's shown "ban Jews, Hindus, Sikhs & Muslims" from the civil service & parliament + all black/Asian people who aren't of mixed heritage, seems a legit view to TalkTV & Mr Cole
Though he's shown "ban Jews, Hindus, Sikhs & Muslims" from the civil service & parliament + all black/Asian people who aren't of mixed heritage, seems a legit view to TalkTV & Mr Cole
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Tomlinson makes clear that "ban Jews from the civil service and parliament" is his position.
It is a position that Harry Cole of the Sun & TalkTV will now promote as a legitimate contribution (albeit when emphasise banning Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, blacks and Asians + incidentally the Jews too)
It is a position that Harry Cole of the Sun & TalkTV will now promote as a legitimate contribution (albeit when emphasise banning Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, blacks and Asians + incidentally the Jews too)
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Tomlinson makes clear that "ban Jews from the civil service and parliament" is his position.
It is a position that Harry Cole of the Sun & TalkTV will now promote as a legitimate contribution (albeit when emphasise banning Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, blacks and Asians + incidentally the Jews too)
It is a position that Harry Cole of the Sun & TalkTV will now promote as a legitimate contribution (albeit when emphasise banning Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, blacks and Asians + incidentally the Jews too)
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Tomlinson compares his Spectator debate to Fuentes/Morgan & says it could have been "career defining"
He tweeted that he told Gove & Birbalsingh that non-Christians and those without indigenous British ethnic ancestry should be banned from the civil service & from parliament
He tweeted that he told Gove & Birbalsingh that non-Christians and those without indigenous British ethnic ancestry should be banned from the civil service & from parliament
December 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Tomlinson compares his Spectator debate to Fuentes/Morgan & says it could have been "career defining"
He tweeted that he told Gove & Birbalsingh that non-Christians and those without indigenous British ethnic ancestry should be banned from the civil service & from parliament
He tweeted that he told Gove & Birbalsingh that non-Christians and those without indigenous British ethnic ancestry should be banned from the civil service & from parliament
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Tomlinson tells an independent MP they will never be British & that their presence in parliament seems like the equivalent of losing a war. He seems to take a similar view of Shabana Mahmood, and of Nus Ghani, and of Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel, and of Kemi Badenoch, and of Ed Miliband too
December 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Tomlinson tells an independent MP they will never be British & that their presence in parliament seems like the equivalent of losing a war. He seems to take a similar view of Shabana Mahmood, and of Nus Ghani, and of Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel, and of Kemi Badenoch, and of Ed Miliband too
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Tomlinson has been threatening the Spectator with legal action. They recorded a debate a couple of months ago between Tomlinson & Birbalsingh in which Tomlinson argued that those practicing non-Christian faiths and ethnic minorities should not hold public office. Spectator chose not to broadcast it
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Tomlinson has been threatening the Spectator with legal action. They recorded a debate a couple of months ago between Tomlinson & Birbalsingh in which Tomlinson argued that those practicing non-Christian faiths and ethnic minorities should not hold public office. Spectator chose not to broadcast it
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From his Critic article
thecritic.co.uk/against-the-...
thecritic.co.uk/against-the-...
Against the headmistress state | Connor Tomlinson | The Critic Magazine
“It’s wonderful to see headscarved girls reciting Kipling, singing the national anthem…” Those were the words of historian Robert Tombs, when asked by Carl Benjamin, “If anyone can identify as English...
thecritic.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
From his Critic article
thecritic.co.uk/against-the-...
thecritic.co.uk/against-the-...
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At the core of Tomlinson's arguments his premise that "rival religious beliefs" are an impediment to and ultimately incompatible with belonging to "the British tribe"
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
At the core of Tomlinson's arguments his premise that "rival religious beliefs" are an impediment to and ultimately incompatible with belonging to "the British tribe"
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This is the current reach of this argument (by party). The generational profile of these views is the inverse of that described by the two commentators: it is a larger minority of the old and a smaller niche of the young
ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Yo...
ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Yo...
December 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is the current reach of this argument (by party). The generational profile of these views is the inverse of that described by the two commentators: it is a larger minority of the old and a smaller niche of the young
ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Yo...
ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Yo...
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Tomlinson's premise is young men are more open to ethnic rejection of minorities than older men. (He acknowledges young women more liberal)
Describes a generational clash within rightwing political class (younger online right voices rejecting boundaries on race). As societal claim, doesn't stand up
Describes a generational clash within rightwing political class (younger online right voices rejecting boundaries on race). As societal claim, doesn't stand up
December 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Tomlinson's premise is young men are more open to ethnic rejection of minorities than older men. (He acknowledges young women more liberal)
Describes a generational clash within rightwing political class (younger online right voices rejecting boundaries on race). As societal claim, doesn't stand up
Describes a generational clash within rightwing political class (younger online right voices rejecting boundaries on race). As societal claim, doesn't stand up
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I have asked Cole about his decision to avoid asking about that. I rather doubt the question was avoided coincidentally, or by accident.
They talk about efforts to shift the Overton Window + Cole seems to see this as his contribution to that effort by Tomlinson
x.com/sundersays/s...
They talk about efforts to shift the Overton Window + Cole seems to see this as his contribution to that effort by Tomlinson
x.com/sundersays/s...
December 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I have asked Cole about his decision to avoid asking about that. I rather doubt the question was avoided coincidentally, or by accident.
They talk about efforts to shift the Overton Window + Cole seems to see this as his contribution to that effort by Tomlinson
x.com/sundersays/s...
They talk about efforts to shift the Overton Window + Cole seems to see this as his contribution to that effort by Tomlinson
x.com/sundersays/s...
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Cowardice of Harry Cole - the ostensible interviewer - to not ask: "But is your position is that Badenoch or Mahmood should not be eligible to be MPs or lead a party?"
Asking the question + getting the answer would undermine his decision to interview
Instead seeks to legitimise Tomlinson+ducks it
Asking the question + getting the answer would undermine his decision to interview
Instead seeks to legitimise Tomlinson+ducks it
December 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Cowardice of Harry Cole - the ostensible interviewer - to not ask: "But is your position is that Badenoch or Mahmood should not be eligible to be MPs or lead a party?"
Asking the question + getting the answer would undermine his decision to interview
Instead seeks to legitimise Tomlinson+ducks it
Asking the question + getting the answer would undermine his decision to interview
Instead seeks to legitimise Tomlinson+ducks it
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Tomlinson says he does not identify with the label "ethnonationalist" [this seems a tactical/presentational objection to the reputation of some of those who adopt it] while saying that being properly British depends on ancestry
Those with one parent/grandparent can be half/a quarter British
Those with one parent/grandparent can be half/a quarter British
December 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Tomlinson says he does not identify with the label "ethnonationalist" [this seems a tactical/presentational objection to the reputation of some of those who adopt it] while saying that being properly British depends on ancestry
Those with one parent/grandparent can be half/a quarter British
Those with one parent/grandparent can be half/a quarter British
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Mostly Cole just asking Tomlinson to outline his position. Their only substantive discussion is about electoral tactics
Cole asks if Farage risks hitting a 30-33-35% ceiling and may need 36-39% for a majority + needs some moderates
Tomlinson says 40% can go harder on legal migrants + Muslims
Cole asks if Farage risks hitting a 30-33-35% ceiling and may need 36-39% for a majority + needs some moderates
Tomlinson says 40% can go harder on legal migrants + Muslims
December 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Mostly Cole just asking Tomlinson to outline his position. Their only substantive discussion is about electoral tactics
Cole asks if Farage risks hitting a 30-33-35% ceiling and may need 36-39% for a majority + needs some moderates
Tomlinson says 40% can go harder on legal migrants + Muslims
Cole asks if Farage risks hitting a 30-33-35% ceiling and may need 36-39% for a majority + needs some moderates
Tomlinson says 40% can go harder on legal migrants + Muslims
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Tomlinson says only ancestry makes you truly British, citing Mahmood's comment that nobody should tell her she isn't as British and English to say she can never be English. {He also means: can never be British. Cole doesn't probe this}
Cole doesn't ask if he would ban her from office.
[He would]
Cole doesn't ask if he would ban her from office.
[He would]
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Tomlinson says only ancestry makes you truly British, citing Mahmood's comment that nobody should tell her she isn't as British and English to say she can never be English. {He also means: can never be British. Cole doesn't probe this}
Cole doesn't ask if he would ban her from office.
[He would]
Cole doesn't ask if he would ban her from office.
[He would]
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Tomlinson says he does not want forced deportation of those born here: he hopes many leave
Cole says "you are sometimes tarred with that brush"
Tomlinson - not Cole - acknowledges it is what others advocate [this includes his allies on Lotus Eaters, like Beau Dade] but Cole does not notice this
Cole says "you are sometimes tarred with that brush"
Tomlinson - not Cole - acknowledges it is what others advocate [this includes his allies on Lotus Eaters, like Beau Dade] but Cole does not notice this
December 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Tomlinson says he does not want forced deportation of those born here: he hopes many leave
Cole says "you are sometimes tarred with that brush"
Tomlinson - not Cole - acknowledges it is what others advocate [this includes his allies on Lotus Eaters, like Beau Dade] but Cole does not notice this
Cole says "you are sometimes tarred with that brush"
Tomlinson - not Cole - acknowledges it is what others advocate [this includes his allies on Lotus Eaters, like Beau Dade] but Cole does not notice this
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Cole does ask if banning Halal means banning Kosher.
CT says it should
CT does say he'd ban Kosher + those Jews who want it "have a country of their own to go to"
Cole does not challenge or contest this in any way
CT says it should
CT does say he'd ban Kosher + those Jews who want it "have a country of their own to go to"
Cole does not challenge or contest this in any way
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Cole does ask if banning Halal means banning Kosher.
CT says it should
CT does say he'd ban Kosher + those Jews who want it "have a country of their own to go to"
Cole does not challenge or contest this in any way
CT says it should
CT does say he'd ban Kosher + those Jews who want it "have a country of their own to go to"
Cole does not challenge or contest this in any way
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Tomlinson says he wants a hostile environment for those who don't meet the high standard of integration: renounce all previous allegiances + "adopt the religion of the tribe"
Cole does not seem to even notice this or challenge this. CT later specifies Islam is incompatible.
Cole does not seem to even notice this or challenge this. CT later specifies Islam is incompatible.
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Tomlinson says he wants a hostile environment for those who don't meet the high standard of integration: renounce all previous allegiances + "adopt the religion of the tribe"
Cole does not seem to even notice this or challenge this. CT later specifies Islam is incompatible.
Cole does not seem to even notice this or challenge this. CT later specifies Islam is incompatible.
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CT explains why he thinks Shabana Mahmood is neither English, nor British, to which Cole does not respond to at all.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
CT explains why he thinks Shabana Mahmood is neither English, nor British, to which Cole does not respond to at all.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
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The nearest Cole gets to a challenge is when Tomlinson says that older people who know British Indians Nigerians, doctors + neighbours "think they are just as British as you and me?
Cole: "If they have integrated, they are just as British as you and me aren't they?" to which Tomlinson says "no"
Cole: "If they have integrated, they are just as British as you and me aren't they?" to which Tomlinson says "no"
December 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The nearest Cole gets to a challenge is when Tomlinson says that older people who know British Indians Nigerians, doctors + neighbours "think they are just as British as you and me?
Cole: "If they have integrated, they are just as British as you and me aren't they?" to which Tomlinson says "no"
Cole: "If they have integrated, they are just as British as you and me aren't they?" to which Tomlinson says "no"
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There was a remarkable absence of challenge to Tomlinson throughout this interview.
He is introduced as: something of a celebrity" among Gen X by Cole, who says "there is a big old war going on on the right in the US - we won't get into that today as you know what is going on here"
He is introduced as: something of a celebrity" among Gen X by Cole, who says "there is a big old war going on on the right in the US - we won't get into that today as you know what is going on here"
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
There was a remarkable absence of challenge to Tomlinson throughout this interview.
He is introduced as: something of a celebrity" among Gen X by Cole, who says "there is a big old war going on on the right in the US - we won't get into that today as you know what is going on here"
He is introduced as: something of a celebrity" among Gen X by Cole, who says "there is a big old war going on on the right in the US - we won't get into that today as you know what is going on here"
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"We will leave it there for today - but come back and see us soon" is how The Sun's editor in large Harry Cole ends his Talk TV interview with Tomlinson, after this initial incredibly softball half an hour with the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFG...
'Gen Z Radical On Immigration' | Connor Tomlinson: Piers Morgan v Nick Fuentes & Cultural Civil War
YouTube video by Harry Cole Saves The West
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"We will leave it there for today - but come back and see us soon" is how The Sun's editor in large Harry Cole ends his Talk TV interview with Tomlinson, after this initial incredibly softball half an hour with the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFG...
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Tomlinson claims to be sure Suella Braverman shares his wish to ban Badenoch, Patel & Shabana Mahmood from parliament. That is delusional + borderline defamatory re her party leader!
His post was about 5 people I named, as an example of his general point. (His ally Lucy White named Sunak + Patel)
His post was about 5 people I named, as an example of his general point. (His ally Lucy White named Sunak + Patel)
December 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Tomlinson claims to be sure Suella Braverman shares his wish to ban Badenoch, Patel & Shabana Mahmood from parliament. That is delusional + borderline defamatory re her party leader!
His post was about 5 people I named, as an example of his general point. (His ally Lucy White named Sunak + Patel)
His post was about 5 people I named, as an example of his general point. (His ally Lucy White named Sunak + Patel)
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The "Overton Window" not shifting in that nobody more famousTomlinson, Lucy White, Ant Middleton & an ind councillor are arguing publicly to ban Badenoch from parliament (or remove all practicing Muslims from UK)
What we do have is GB News, Sun willing to platform the advocates of that argument
What we do have is GB News, Sun willing to platform the advocates of that argument
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The "Overton Window" not shifting in that nobody more famousTomlinson, Lucy White, Ant Middleton & an ind councillor are arguing publicly to ban Badenoch from parliament (or remove all practicing Muslims from UK)
What we do have is GB News, Sun willing to platform the advocates of that argument
What we do have is GB News, Sun willing to platform the advocates of that argument
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Its striking that people who would prob not platform as a "journalist" a man arguing "don't let Jews run for parliament [unless they have a UK-born grandparent at least]" will now platform those openly arguing that about Asians, black people, Muslims, Hindus [+ most Jews, as it happens]
December 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Its striking that people who would prob not platform as a "journalist" a man arguing "don't let Jews run for parliament [unless they have a UK-born grandparent at least]" will now platform those openly arguing that about Asians, black people, Muslims, Hindus [+ most Jews, as it happens]